Alcohol suspected factor in Jefferson Road crash

Tuesday

Dec 3, 2013 at 12:30 PM

By Daily Telegram staff

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a one-car crash Sunday along Jefferson Road near Wesch Road in Columbia Township.

The crash was reported at 1:38 a.m. by passersby, Columbia Township Police Chief David Elwell said in a news release. The driver, Dale Duhaime, 22, of Columbia Township, left the roadway and struck a tree on the south side of Jefferson Road.

Duhaime was extricated from the vehicle by the Columbia Township Fire Department using the Jaws of Life, and he was then transported by Jackson Community Ambulance personnel to Allegiance Health System in Jackson. He was later transferred by helicopter to the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor for treatment of facial and internal injuries.

Duhaime did not appear to have been wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash. Possible charges are pending the results of blood-alcohol testing, Elwell said.